The Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne 2022 is going to be one of the biggest international Indian film festivals outside of the country. It has just announced its nominations for its annual awards ceremony and there are some promising films that have made it to the cut. The festival is an annual festival that takes place in Melbourne, Australia and is presented by the Victorian Government. It showcases the best films from India and the subcontinent.
In its 13th edition to be held this month, the IFFM 2022 is making its comeback for its physical version of the festival, after the festival has been solely virtual for the last two years. This year the festival starts on 12-20 August in the lesson and will also have especially virtual programming between 13-30 August for Australian audiences. This year there are over 100 films across 23 languages being screened at the festival.
The Awards night is all set to take place on the 14th of August in Melbourne. The awards will recognise the best in cinematic talent from across the Indian subcontinent across the formats of feature films and will also honour the acclaimed OTT series. This year’s nominations will see films and content which were released between August 2021 to April 2022.
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This year’s big nominees include the starring leads and filmmakers/producers of films like Jai Bhim, The Rapist, Gangubai Kathiwadi, 83, Badhaai Do, Sardar Udham amongst others. Indie film nominations have acclaimed films including Pedro, Once Upon a Time in Calcutta, Fair Folk amongst others, while Urf, Ayena, Ladies Only are some of the Best Docu nominees. Winners of Best Film, Best Indie Film and Best Documentary each win state-of-the-art cameras from Black Magic Design apart the award. Another key highlight is that the Best Film winner automatically gets a nomination nod under the Best Asian Film category at the annual prestigious AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards).
Keeping with the evolving times, in 2021 IFFM introduced streaming platforms too as categories for awards. This year too those awards will be included with Best Series, Best Actor in a Series and Best Actress in a Series. In these categories, Mumbai Diaries, Aranyak, Mai and Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein are leading the nominations
The IFFM has had the privilege of some of the biggest Australian film talents on the jury panel. This year’s festival jury boasts of jury members that will include names like global award-winning film editor Jill Bilcock, one of Australia’s renowned actors Vince Colosimo, multi-award-winning director Geoffrey Wright and multi-award-winning filmmaker Nadia Tass.
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2022 Nominations List
BEST FILM
83 / Hindi
Badhaai Do / Hindi
Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi
Jai Bhim / Tamil
Minnal Murali / Malayalam
Paka (River of Blood) / Malayalam
Sardar Udham / Hindi
The Rapist / English, Hindi
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BEST INDIE FILM
Boomba Ride / Mishing
Dug Dug / Hindi
Jaggi / Punjabi
Once Upon a Time in Calcutta / Bengali
Pedro / Kannada
Shankar’s Fairies / Hindi
Shoebox / Hindi
Fairy Folk / Hindi, English
BEST ACTOR (MALE)
Gopal Hegde, Pedro / Kannada
Rajkummar Rao, Badhaai Do / Hindi
Ramnish Chaudhary, Jaggi / Punjabi
Ranveer Singh, 83 / Hindi
Suriya, Jai Bhim / Tamil
Tovino Thomas, Minnal Murali / Malayalam
Vicky Kaushal, Sardar Udham / Hindi
Abhishek Bachchan – Dasvi / Hindi
BEST ACTOR (FEMALE)
Alia Bhatt, Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi
Bhumi Pednekar, Badhaai Do / Hindi
Alia Bhatt, Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi
Deepika Padukone, Gehraiyaan / Hindi
Konkona Sen Sharma, The Rapist / English, Hindi
Lijomol Jose, Jai Bhim / Tamil
Shefali Shah, Jalsa / Hindi
Sreelekha Mitra, Once Upon A Time In Calcutta / Bengali
Vidya Balan, Jalsa / Hindi
BEST DIRECTOR
Anmol Sidhu, Jaggi / Punjabi
Aparna Sen, The Rapist / Hindi
Kabir Khan, 83 / Hindi
Pan Nalin, Chhello Show (Last Film Show) / Gujarati
Sanjay Leela Bhansali Gangubai Kathiawadi / Hindi
Shoojit Sircar, Sardar Udham / Hindi
Suresh Triveni, Jalsa / Hindi
T.J. Gnanavel, Jai Bhim / Tamil
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BEST DOCUMENTARY
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Ayena (Mirror)
Kicking Balls
Ladies Only
Urf (A.K.A)
BEST FILM FROM SUBCONTINENT
Joyland / Pakistan
Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom / Bhutan
No Land’s Man / Bangladesh
Rehana Maryam Noor / Bangladesh
The Newspaper / Sri Lanka
BEST ACTOR IN A SERIES
Mohit Raina, Mumbai Diaries 26/11
Parambrata Chatterjee, Aranyak
Varun Mitra, Guilty Minds
Tahir Raj Bhasin, Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein
Dhruv Sehgal, Little Things Final Season
BEST ACTRESS IN A SERIES
Konkona Sensharma, Mumbai Diaries 26/11
Sakshi Tanwar, Mai
Madhuri Dixit, Fame Game
Mithila Palkar, Little Things
Raveena Tandon, Aranyak
Shriya Pilgaonkar, Guilty Minds
BEST SERIES
Aranyak
Mumbai Diaries 26/11
Fame Game
Mai
Little Things Final Season
Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein
Congratulations to all the nominees at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2022!
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